It mirrors, rather than paints, mobile and revealing glimpses of life as it was whiled away in the climate of fear and greedy drawing-room conformity that followed Waterloo. Julien Sorel, the novel's restless, ambitious hero, rebels against his circumstances and wills himself to make something of his life by adopting a code of hypocrisy. On the ...
In 1936, Margaret Wheeler found herself suspecting that her child had been swapped with another at birth. The search for the truth led her finally to write to the one man she thought might help - Bernard Shaw. These are the letters which ensued. Margaret's son reveals the full truth at the end.
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: PENGUIN
Date Published: 1961
Description: Published by PENGUIN in 1961, 503 pages, reprint, paperback, medium size, covers good, hinges weak, owners inscription. Shipped from UK. Delivery is usually 2-3 working days from order by Royal Mail, International Delivery is by Airmail. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: PENGUIN
Date Published: 1958
Description: Published by PENGUIN in 1958, 488 pages, reprint, paperback, medium size, covers good, internally very good. Shipped from UK. Delivery is usually 2-3 working days from order by Royal Mail, International Delivery is by Airmail. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: The Folio Society
Date Published: 1965
Description: Martin, Frank. Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. The French author Stendhal (1783-1842) wrote many works, and they tend to mark the transition in France from romanticism to realism. His masterpieces--The Red and the Black (Scarlet and Black) and The Charterhouse of Parma--provide incisive and ironic depictions of love and the will to power. This, being one of his considered masterpieces, is illustrated with woodcuts and includes an introductions by the translator. It is beautifully bound in red ... read more
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